This guy came crawling by the other day and was very impressive. At first I thought it might be a Luna Moth caterpillar but unfortunately I don’t think we have them this far north.
I took photos of this large, slightly damaged Polyphemus Moth in 2011. Incidentally, Polyphemus was the one-eyed son of Poseidon from the island of Cyclops in Greek mythology.
Wow, I missed this. Luna moths are spectacular but so is this guy, and your head-on photo is superb. I bet those wings were very soft.
Thanks Lynn – yes, an impressive moth and something rarely seen in these parts.